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Final iPad mandate decision looms

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The plan to require all full-time ACU undergrad students to have an iPad by August 2013 nears a conclusion. Dr. Robert Rhodes, provost of the university, hopes a final decision will be made within a week.. "We want to come to a conclusion so we can get the word out to incoming freshmen," Rhodes said. Rhodes has met three times with faculty to ... [Read More…]

Mu Phi considers joining Sing Song acts

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The ACU Music Department's social club equivalent, Mu Phi Epsilon, is considering participating in Sing Song for the first time ever this spring. For those who don't know, Mu Phi Epsilon or Mu Phi, is a coeducational, professional musical fraternity according to muphiepsilon.org. "This is the first year we have really considered doing Sing Song. ... [Read More…]

Boutique in pre-planning process

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After the controversial opening of Pura Vida Salon this semester there is the possibility that a boutique may open next door. "We are in the preliminary stages of investigating a student-run boutique," Jim Litton, director of the Griggs Center said. "It's very early in the process and no decision has been made." Though the boutique is still ... [Read More…]

ACU Fishing Club preparing for new season

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The ACU Fishing is getting ready for another season as they have their first meeting September 19th. The Fishing Club was started by Riley Nipper, a former ACU Baseball player who wanted to create a club for those who shared the passion for fishing as he does. Nelson Goldsmith, a sophomore business major from Abilene, said, "The goal of the ... [Read More…]

Book fair raises funds for speech pathology students

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Last week a book fair was conducted in the Don Morris Center to raise scholarship money for speech pathology students. The ACU Chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-and Hearing Association (NSSLHA) put on the book fair where a variety of books were offered. Any student or faculty member could shop at the fair, but the sale was aimed ... [Read More…]

Technology enters K-12 classrooms

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The K-12 Digital Learning Institute is taking the innovation of mobile learning at ACU and applying that knowledge to the classroom in order to impact others globally, locally and individually. Five years after the creation of the Mobile Learning Initiative, ACU's campus is beginning to see the full impact of mobile learning on the many aspects of ... [Read More…]

Initiative immobile with use of iPhone 5

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Apple released its latest iPhone to the public last week, and the Mobile Learning program has yet to decide how it will use the new device. Saltsman, the executive director for innovation in learning and educational technology, revealed that not much has been planned in response to Apple's new release. Some have questioned whether or not the ... [Read More…]

ACU Swing Cats to host annual Fall Stomp

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ACU Swing Cats invite the Abilene community to join them at their annual Fall Stomp on Thursday at 8 p.m. in The Grace Museum ballroom. Members as well as the rest of the community are encouraged to dress in vintage attire for an evening filled with dancing to the tunes of the ACU Jazz band. A free beginner lesson starts at 8 p.m., so even those ... [Read More…]

Heflin’s new book to prevent falling out of windows

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Dr. Houston Heflin, assistant professor of Bible, missions and ministry, has written a new book, "Teaching Eutychus", to encourage new methods of teaching that will keep students interested in class. Eutychus, the name in the title, is the young man in Acts who, while Paul was speaking, fell asleep and tumbled from a window and died. Heflin sees ... [Read More…]

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